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Charles Person

The youngest member of the original 1961 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Freedom Ride, 18-year-old Charles Person was a freshman at Atlanta's Morehouse College. Born and raised in Atlanta, Person h...

Freedom Riders Charles Person and James Peck being served by a white waitress at a diner in Washington DC.

Freedom Riders in Birmingham

Freedom Riders pose in front of a Greyhound bus in Birmingham, AL while waiting to depart for New Orleans. Included are (top, left to right) Charles Person, James Peck, Ben Cox and (front, left to right) Ed Blankenheim and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth.